Millions of years ago, the salt in this
pouch was part of a pristine sea...Long before the earth knew pollutants of any kind, a huge, ancient sea
covered what is now North America. Pure, natural salt was the main
ingredient of this sea, and over millions of years, the water in the sea
evaporated, leaving the salt in undisturbed deposits. At some point during
the earth's Jurassic era, a range of volcanoes erupted around the ancient sea
bed, sealing salt with layers of thick volcanic ash, protecting these precious
deposits against the pollution that man would eventually introduce into the
environment. Near the small town of Redmond, in south central Utah, we
carefully extract this salt from the deep within the earth, and bring it to you
in its pure, natural state-without additives, chemicals, or heat processing of
any kind. This is RealSalt® full of flavor and natural goodness - the way
salt was meant to be savored!

The difference in Salt-
Did you know there is a vast difference in the quality and content of table
salts on the market today? Unlike most table salts, RealSalt is not
bleached, kiln dried, heated, or altered with chemicals or pollutants.
RealSalt also has a full complement of beneficial trace minerals. RealSalt
comes to you in its natural form, with nothing added. The result is a
delicate "sweet salt" flavor that you may not have experienced before.

Put Redmond Trading RealSalt Nature's
First Sea Salt Fine Salt to the test! Real Salt means real flavor. Take a
taste test! First taste Redmond Trading's Fine Real Salt, then try any other
salt - the difference will amaze you! Is your salt real? Real Salt means -
well, real, authentic salt. A quick glance at the ingredients label on most
salts might surprise you! Many salts contain anti-caking agents and even
dextrose (sugar). Others have been heat processed and stripped of their
natural trace minerals. Real Salt brand, on the other hand, is unrefined and
full of natural minerals and flavor - the way salt was meant to be savored.
Real Salt's unique coloring comes from more than 60 trace minerals, which
also lend an amazing flavor that has helped Real Salt become the
best-selling brand of sea salt in health food stores. Real Salt is best
tasting, healthiest sea salt you can find.

The Real Salt StoryLong ago in what is now Central Utah, Native Americans found a
mineral-rich salt deposit from an ancient sea when they saw deer eating the
soil. In 1959, Milo and Lamar Bosshardt were struggling to keep their family
farm afloat when they discovered that this salt deposit extended beneath
their land. They began selling the salt to local farmers for their animals
and heard reports the farmers were using the salt to season their own food.
People insisted this "real" salt be made available for everyday
use, and the Real Salt brand was born. Today we still bring Real Salt to you
in its natural state – without additives, chemicals, or heat processing of
any kind. Real Salt's unique pinkish appearance and flecks of color come
from more than 60 naturally occurring trace minerals. The result is a
delicate "sweet salt" flavor that you may not have experienced
before.

Is salt really bad for me?It’s been decades since we started hearing about salt’s
damaging effects on our bodies, and it seems salt is only getting less
popular as time goes by. Recently, state senators in New York flirted with
legislation that would even make it illegal for restaurants to salt their
food, treating salt as if it were on par with second-hand cigarette smoke.

Is salt so bad that we need laws to protect
us from its effects? Well, you’re reading this on the website of a salt
company, so you can probably guess what we think. But being predictable
doesn’t mean we’re on the wrong track, so if you have a few minutes,
let’s examine the salt myth in context and see what all the fuss is about.

Salt is essential for lifeLet’s take a big step away from the salt debate and look at
things from a distance. If you are admitted to any modern hospital in the
world, chances are very good that one of the first people you meet will be
very interested in finding the biggest vein in your arm so they can stick
you with a needle and introduce saline solution (salt water) directly into
your body. Since hospital workers are generally in the life-preserving and
health-improving business, it’s probably safe to assume that salt, itself,
is not something we need to keep out of our bodies.

I know, there’s a difference between eating
salt and getting an IV, and you’re still wondering whether you can trust a
salt company when we tell you salt is good for you. I guess it’s a good
time to break out the sources. A 2006 study published in The American
Journal of Medicine tells us that “sodium intake of less than 2300 mg (the
daily recommended allowance) was associated with a 37% increase in
cardiovascular disease mortality and a 28% increase of all-cause
mortality.” Mortality is a rather polite word for dying, so in other
words, people who consume too little salt are more likely to die than other
people. Other peer-reviewed journals have released similar results in 2000,
2004, 2006, and even 1960, and several authors and health experts complain
loudly when they hear people dismissing salt. (Scroll down to the bottom for
links directly to the reports.)

So why does salt have such a bad reputation?
Well, to go back to our hypothetical hospital visit, you can be sure your
nurse isn’t simply dumping bleached table salt into the drinking fountain
water to prepare those IV bags — hospitals and health care professionals
understand that all salt isn’t the same.

All salt is not created equalDid you know that all salt could technically be considered “sea
salt”? Some salt is harvested from current oceans, some from dead seas,
and some is mined from ancient sea beds, but the sea is (or was) ultimately
the source of all salt. Sea water usually contains more than 60 essential
trace minerals, but most salt producers today remove these high-profit
minerals and sell them to vitamin manufacturers before selling the remaining
salt to you and me to dump on our hash browns.

That would be okay, but when you remove the
trace minerals that used to accompany sodium chloride, you typically get a
bitter flavor that many producers try to mask with chemicals or even sugar.
(Go ahead — grab your salt shaker and read the ingredients. See any
dextrose? Yep, that’s sugar!) Even worse, when you consume
chemically treated or de-mineralized salt, your body’s mineral balance
doesn’t always respond gracefully. When people started consuming
chemically altered salts 100 years ago, we started seeing high blood
pressure and water retention that had never been associated with salt
before. Interestingly enough, our customers tell us these are the same
problems that go away when natural salt replaces “table salt” in their
diet.

In other words, salt can be bad for your
health, but real salt is actually a crucial part of good health! That’s
why, more than 50 years ago, we named our brand Real Salt: Your body knows
the difference between what is real and what has been chemically altered.
Real Salt is salt exactly the way nature made it. You can taste the
difference on your tongue, and you can feel a difference in your health.

Where does Real Salt come from?Real Salt is an all-natural sea salt taken from an ancient sea bed
in Central Utah. Since none of us were around to tell you exactly how the
salt deposit formed, we turned to geologists for answers.

According to geologists, the Real Salt
deposit is the remnant of an ancient inland sea, probably part of what they
call the Sundance Sea, which places the deposit within the Jurassic Period.
Over time, the salt that settled at the bottom of the sea was trapped within
the earth and then pushed up near the surface close to the town of Redmond,
Utah.

The deposit occurs with over 60+ natural
trace minerals which gives the salt its unique color, unique flavor, and
numerous health benefits. Because the Real Salt deposit comes from an
ancient sea bed, nature created the salt long before the earth experienced
any pollution or contaminants that are troubling our oceans today.

The Real Salt deposit begins about 30 feet
below the surface, covered by a layer of bentonite clay, which has protected
it from erosion and from the possibility of modern contamination.

The mining processReal Salt is currently harvested about 300 feet below the surface
of the earth. The deposit is huge, so Redmond Trading carefully followed the
food-grade veins and harvest the salt using carbide-tipped equipment that
basically scrapes the salt off the walls of the mine. From there, the salt
is screened and crushed to size before being shipped to Redmond Trading's
food-grade facility in Northern Utah. Real Salt is packaged after passing
through a final automatic screening to be sure no metal residue or
contaminants were introduced during the process.

About Redmond Trading CompanyBy most standards, Redmond is a very different organization. In
today's business world, many companies exist around the idea that profit is
the sole reason existence, and that employees are a means to that end.
Redmond's philosophy is that profit is the means, and the end goal is human
development and life enhancement. This is evident in Redmond's business
practices, its commitment to improving the community, and its promise to
provide continual growth opportunities for its employees.

Why they do what they doAt Redmond Trading we're passionate about wellness and believe
nature has it right with products and people. Real products are rarely the
idealized image of perfection that many have been led to believe. As with
products, so with people. Thry believe people have a certain beauty born not
of idealized image but of natural uniqueness. They embrace real and believe
it to be the essence of life and the source of wellness of mind and body.
This belief was the foundation upon which they've built the Redmond Trading
family of brands, including Real Salt and Redmond Clay.

We’re going to do something today most
companies don’t like to do: we’re going to say nice things about the
competition.

No, that doesn’t mean we’re going to be
kind to that bitter, chemically treated white table salt you still find in
far too many kitchens, because if you understand the health
benefits of Real Salt you already know that Real Salt and table salt
aren’t even the same product. But we are going to answer a question
we hear a lot when people are considering their salt options: What’s
the difference between Real Salt and Celtic or Himalayan salt?

(Are you wondering why we’re only talking
about Celtic and Himalayan? It’s because we are, first and foremost, salt
lovers, and if for some reason Real Salt didn’t exist, Celtic and
Himalayan are really the only other brands we’d consider using. But we’d
still dearly miss Real Salt. Read on.)

First, a Real Salt reminder…

Just so we know we’re all on the same page,
Real Salt is an all natural unrefined sea salt harvested from an ancient
ocean. It’s full of those natural minerals that make it healthy,
delicious, and pink or red looking, and though we do hate to boast we’re
also the best-selling brand in America’s health food stores. Yay, Real
Salt!

With that in mind, here are the differences
between Real Salt and our second-favorite sea salt brands.

Celtic Sea Salt

Celtic Salt is a great salt harvested from
the current ocean. They do a terrific job with their salt, harvesting it by
hand and leaving it unprocessed so it contains those important trace
minerals. Compared to Real Salt, the biggest difference is that the
current ocean is exposed to many environmental challenges (mercury, lead,
plastic & petroleum toxins, chemicals, etc.) that ancient seas never
experienced. (That’s not to say Celtic users have anything to worry about,
but we people do tend to foul up the oceans terribly, sometimes.)

Himalayan Pink

Like Real Salt, the Himalayan brands are
harvested from an ancient salt deposit that would have been created long
before there were any modern toxins. Geologically, the Himalayan deposit is
very similar to Real Salt; they both have the full spectrum of minerals and
both can be considered crystal salts. Tasted side by side, Real Salt is a
bit sweeter, while Himalayan tends toward an earthy flavor.

The big difference between Real Salt and
Himalayan is to do with consequences of geography. Real Salt comes from
the USA (Redmond, Utah), and the Himalayan deposits are in and around Khewra,
Pakistan. There are 17 different mines supplying the Himalayan brands, and
some have more modern standards than others. Generally, Real Salt is
half the cost (we’re so glad we don’t have to ship it from Pakistan!)
and we know you can always trust the quality, processes, and labor policies
that bring Real Salt to your kitchen.

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Subject:
The 35 Reasons You Should Store Salt

GlobalResearchReport

Salt has a lot of
surprising uses in a survival scenario. The most common uses of salt are as
food flavoring, for food preserving and baking. But here’s 35 more reasons
to store salt – and lots of it!

1. Rust remover. Make paste out of 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 6
tablespoons of salt, apply to rusted area with cloth. Rub thoroughly then
rinse and dry.

2. Improve coffee
flavor. Adding a pinch of salt in your ground coffee before turning the
coffeemaker on will reduce the beverage’s acidic taste.

3. Eliminate bad odors. Pour
1/2 cup of salt into the garbage disposal then run it according to
manufacturer’s directions. Get rid of fish odor from your hands by rubbing
them with a lemon wedge dipped in salt and then rinse with water. For smelly
wooden cutting boards, remove the bad odor by gently rubbing a generous
amount of salt over the surface using a damp cloth. Wash it with warm, sudsy
water afterwards.

4. Salt soothes sore
throats. A mild sore throat can be remedied by gargling several times a
day with a mixture of 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 cup warm water.

5. Test egg freshness
with salt. Add 2 teaspoonsful of salt to a cup of water. Put the egg in
the cup of water; if it sinks, it is fresh. If it floats, throw it away.

6. Clean greasy pans
with salt. Greasy iron pans are no match to salt; simply use a bit of
the substance on the greasy surface then wipe with paper towels.

7. Remove coffee or tea
stains on cups by rubbing them with salt.

8. Calm that rogue BBQ
fire. Sprinkle some salt on flames from food dripping in barbecue grills
to minimize the flames and smoke without cooling the coals. Also, throwing
salt on a kitchen fire will extinguish it.

9. Remove pinfeathers
easily from a chicken by rubbing the chicken skin with salt.

10. Prevent mold on
cheese by wrapping it in a cloth dampened with saltwater before putting
it in the fridge.

11. Keep milk fresh longer
by adding a pinch of salt to milk. (Great if you don’t mind your milk a
tad salty)

12. Make it easier to
scale fish by soaking the fish in salt water first before descaling it.

13. Make non-stick
pancakes by first rubbing salt on your pancake griddle.

14. Cut flowers can be
kept fresh by adding a dash of salt to the water in the vase.

15. Kill weeds by
spreading salt on the ground near the roots of the weeds. This is an easy
and effective way to get rid of unwanted weeds on your rock garden, patios
and driveways. However, be careful not to sprinkle too much salt because
this substance in excess can ruin the soil.

16. Kill poison ivyby
mixing 3 pounds of salt with a gallon of soapy water then spray the mixture
to the leaves and stems.

17. Deodorize your
canvas shoes by sprinkling it with a little salt occasionally. The salt
will reduce moisture and remove bad odor.

18. Relieve bee stings by
immediately wetting the stung area and covering it with salt.

19. Discourage ants from
invading your home by sprinkling salt in places where ants can sneak in such
as doorways and window sills.

21. Saltwater mouthwash will
treat sore gums, canker sores and bad breath. Just add 1 teaspoon salt with
1 glass warm water and you have a very effective oral hygiene treatment.

22. Melt ice by
sprinkling salt over it.

23. Salt removes soot. Loosen
soot from the chimney by throwing a handful of salt on the flames in your
fireplace. The salt also makes a bright yellow flame.

24.Soak pecans and
walnuts to make them easier to shell.

25. Lessen the starch
content of potatoes by soaking them in salt water before using them.
Saltwater also keeps potatoes and apples white.

26. Freshen the air in
your house by cutting an orange in half and sprinkling both halves with
salt.

27. Fix small holes in
plaster using salt and cornstarch paste. Mix up to 2 tablespoons of salt
and cornstarch and add enough water to make a thick paste.

28. Brighten your
curtains and rugs by pouring ˝ cup of salt into your washing machine
along with the curtains or rugs.

29. Keep windows from
becoming frosty during the winter by rubbing a rag dampened with
saltwater over them.

30. Dry clean your dog
with salt. Sprinkling salt on your dog’s fur and then brushing the
salt out will easily remove dirt and fleas.

31. Exfoliate your skin
with salt. Add salt to some baby oil then gently rub on skin. Rinse well
after.

32. Make an antiseptic
saline solution to use both internally and externally on sores and minor
lacerations. Dilute 1 teaspoon of salt diluted in one cup of warm water
(best to use natural sea salts) and you have an excellent antiseptic
solution.

33. Make salt soaks that
can offer relief in times of duress and bodily pain. Salt soaks can be
applied to cramped and aching hands and feet or used as a whole body bath.

34. Reduce boiling time(especially
in high altitude) by adding a dash of salt to the water.

35. Sanitize sponges
with salt. Sponges can be a breeding ground for bacteria. Remove some of
the germs by sudsing up the sponges, rinsing them thoroughly and then
soaking them in cold, heavily salted water for up to 2 hours.